Sussex News

An investigation into the brutal murder of a woman in Eastbourne two decades ago has concluded following a DNA breakthrough.

Brighton and Hove City Council has agreed to pay a family £1,000 after failing to provide occupational therapy and full education for their son in 2023.

Plans for a new bus lane outside Eastbourne railway station are set to return to East Sussex County Council’s planning committee next Wednesday.

Thousands of households across East Sussex and neighbouring Kent are once again without usable tap water.

An Eastbourne man convicted of 11 counts of child sexual abuse has been jailed.

Plans to turn a former Pevensey Bay care home into shared housing have been rejected.

Aldi has been granted an alcohol licence for its new Hove store just days before it is due to open on Thursday.

Millie has aplastic anaemia, a condition that affects only around two people in every million in the UK, according to the Aplastic Anaemia Trust.

A Worthing man who strangled a woman and later tried to intimidate her while on remand has been jailed.

From comedy and concerts to musical sing‑alongs and festive markets — there’s plenty happening across the county this month.

Detectives are appealing for help to trace a man in connection with a rape and robbery in Crawley.

Phil Joseph, 28, has been charged with one count of distributing indecent images of children and three counts of possessing indecent images of children.

Charities across Sussex could receive a welcome festive boost thanks to Benefact Group’s annual Movement for Good Christmas campaign.

On Friday, the 48-year-old officially opened a new permanent home for local charity Together Our Community.

A Hastings man has been sentenced after a TikTok stunt left his friend with a serious brain injury.

Plans for a new bingo and gaming centre in Hastings will go before councillors on Monday.

Brighton & Hove City Council is proposing to build the £7 million, five-lane pool at Withdean Sports Complex in Tongdean Lane.

A West Sussex MP has been criticised by the county council for being “poorly informed” after raising concerns about the state of local fire service equipment.

The boy’s mother only discovered what had happened when he returned home visibly distressed and she later found bruising on his body.

Eleven young people from The Regis School and Felpham Community College have successfully completed the latest GRIT course, run by West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service.